✢ is the Unicode character FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK, code point U+2722 (decimal 10018) in the Dingbats block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ✢, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9C A2.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2722 |
| Decimal | 10018 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9C A2 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2722 |
| UTF-32 | 00002722 |
| HTML decimal | ✢ |
| HTML hex | ✢ |
| CSS | \2722 |
| JavaScript | \u2722 |
| JSON | \u2722 |
| Python | \u2722 |
| Python by name | \N{FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK} |
| Java, C# | \u2722 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2722} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2722 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9C%A2 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | FOUR TEARDROP-SPOKED ASTERISK |
| Code point | U+2722 (decimal 10018) |
| Block | Dingbats (U+2700–U+27BF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Dingbats
- ✚ U+271A Heavy Greek Cross
- ✛ U+271B Open Centre Cross
- ✜ U+271C Heavy Open Centre Cross
- ✝ U+271D Latin cross
- ✞ U+271E Shadowed White Latin Cross
- ✟ U+271F Outlined Latin Cross
- ✠ U+2720 Maltese Cross
- ✡ U+2721 Star of David
- ✣ U+2723 Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk
- ✤ U+2724 Heavy Four Balloon-Spoked Asterisk
- ✥ U+2725 Four Club-Spoked Asterisk
- ✦ U+2726 Black Four Pointed Star
- ✧ U+2727 White Four Pointed Star
- ✨ U+2728 Sparkles
- ✩ U+2729 Stress Outlined White Star
- ✪ U+272A Circled White Star
All 192 characters: Dingbats.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ✢?
- Use ✢ (decimal) or ✢ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2722?
- E2 9C A2 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9C%A2.
- How do I write U+2722 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2722. Python: \u2722.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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